Small Farm and School Garden Support
Conservation Works provides technical assistance to small farms and school garden programs to advance economic growth, environmental resilience, child well-being, and racial equity in our region.
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Cultivating Commerce
Cultivating Commerce is the business and community development program of our non-profit organization. We encourage entrepreneurship growth whether at the farmer level or in a business that recognizes the importance of maintaining a rural community lifestyle in the North Coast.
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North Coast Farmer Workshop Series
Our North Coast Farmer Workshop Series provides beginning, small and underserved producers the opportunity to engage with other farmers, ranchers, and technical assistance providers in a relaxed environment, ask questions regarding workshop topics, and connect with their regional farming networks
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Farm to School Program
Our Farm to School Program works to improve child well-being, economic growth, environmental resilience, and racial equity through farm-to-school systems that connect children to locally sourced whole foods and produce in cafeterias, classrooms, and school gardens.
Latest Workshop
On March 3rd, Conservation Works helped facilitate a workshop, The Land Access Checklist: What Do You Need to Be Ready, presented as a part of Community Alliance with Family Farmers’ wider 2023 Small Farm Conference North Bay Gathering at Shone Farm. The workshop was a land access-centered series of presentations for aspiring and current land stewards in the North Bay, and brought together land access policy experts and advocates from across local, regional, and statewide organizations, including Sonoma Ag Preservation and Open Space, UC Cooperative Extension Sonoma, Kitchen Table Advisors, California FarmLink, and CAFF. Equitable land access continues to be one of the biggest barriers facing farmers today, and is a challenge that disproportionately affects BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) land stewards due to institutional inequities and other factors
